flashing light help

Hi
i have a new hp pavilion a6400f pc there is a flashing yellow light
near the power button on the top of my pc tower. is this normal? it flash's
all the time


thank you

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"Brad" <Brad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5B76D45A-D83E-40A5-ADF1-8DFDED1A2855@microsoft.com...
Hi
i have a new hp pavilion a6400f pc there is a flashing yellow light
near the power button on the top of my pc tower. is this normal? it flash's
all the time


thank you

Hi,

That's probably your hard drive activity light, and on a new machine it will
remain fairly active while the system "burns in". Afterwards, it'll remain
active when the machine is in use, when scheduled maintenance and scans are
being done, and at other odd times but to a much lesser degree.

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"Brad" <Brad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> i have a new hp pavilion a6400f pc there is a flashing yellow light
> near the power button on the top of my pc tower. is this normal? it
> flash's
> all the time
>
>
> thank you

It's Indexing.
See this for more info.
http://www.vistaultimate.com/tweak-w...a-indexing.htm
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"Brad" <Brad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5B76D45A-D83E-40A5-ADF1-8DFDED1A2855@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> i have a new hp pavilion a6400f pc there is a flashing yellow light
> near the power button on the top of my pc tower. is this normal? it
> flash's
> all the time
>
>
> thank you

Looking into those English classes yet?
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"Brad" wrote:

> Hi
> i have a new hp pavilion a6400f pc there is a flashing yellow light
> near the power button on the top of my pc tower. is this normal? it flash's
> all the time
>
>
> thank you